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You qualify to praise God, so praise Him!

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Psalms 150:6 (NKJV) Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.  The above scripture tells us that the only requirement to qualify to praise God is life (to have breath). Since this is the case (on the authority of scriptures), every living thing qualifies to praise God and must do so for He deserves our praise. If you have life, you have the wherewithal to give praise to God. If you have breath, you have the capacity to praise God. You really don't need to get lessons on how to praise God before you do so. All you need to praise God is life and if you are reading this, then you have what is takes to praise God. So, praise Him. Moreover, we were all created to praise God and  in Psalms 148, the Psalmist makes a loud call on all creation to offer praise to God. Indeed all creation, in one way or another, responds to that call. The plants do; the animals do; the sun, moon and stars amongst other do too. The winds blow in worship and the sea moves to and fro in r...

Give Praise to the Lord

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Psalms 47:6; *147:1 (NKJV) Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! *Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful. Praise is an act of worship and thanksgiving to God by which we extol, glorify, magnify, commend, celebrate, applaud, eulogize, or compliment Him for who He is and what He has done.  Praise is like a coin with 2 sides. On one side is worship; on the other is thanksgiving . Worship (adoration) is being mindful of the virtues or qualities or character or nature of God and extolling Him for them; while thanksgiving (appreciation) is taking into cognizance the acts or deeds of God and extolling Him for them. Consequently, mindless or thoughtless praise is no praise. It is meaningless . Friends, you cannot praise for no reason at all. There are infinite reasons to praise and for these should you praise. David the Psalmist said in Psa 47:7 "... sing praises with under...